From: Divorce Discourse: You’re busy. You’ve got clients calling at all hours and deadlines you’ve got to meet. You’re also reading articles here and on other sites about the importance of social media. You feel pressure to get involved with Facebook and Twitter. You’ve got a teenager who understands social media (and not much else as far as you can tell). Why not hire your kid to do the social media for you? It’s very tempting to let the teenager tweet for you, update your Facebook status, and keep up with your Facebook page. Should you? No. Don’t do it. It’s a bad idea. Why? Because social media is about connecting ...
From: Louise Restell: Quality Solicitors: Extramarital affairs are no longer the main reason for divorce. The research that found this out suggests unfaithful celebrities have made infidelity more acceptable and so the most common reason couples now give is that they have ‘fallen out of love’ and ‘grown apart’. Based on no research whatsoever, I think another major reason is probably because nobody has the time for an affair. I would be surprised, however, if there were too many people claiming their spouse shouldn’t be allowed a divorce because ‘she’s gone mad’. But this is exactly what Peter Savva, 64, claimed, saying his ...
From: Colin Mitchell ~ Poole Family Law: The advent of ABS’s and the current development in the Family Justice System provide a ripe environment for change in the world of family law. From my experience, the consumer almost always 3 key questions: 1. What will be the outcome? 2. How long will it take? 3. How much will it cost? Whilst some aspects of family law process and proceedure have been relatively easy to predict, such as the basic uncontested divorce, it remains the ancillary and often far more important issues concerning finance and children which create the problem for family lawyers when trying the ...
From: Lucy Reed: Excessive Verbosity Warning. Do not go past this point unless you have at least two packs of kendall mint cake and a powerade about your person. This weekend I listened to Coleridge J talk about his Marriage Foundation at the FLBA Cumberland Lodge weekend. Although Chatham House Rules apply to that event much of what was said has been widely and publicly aired by Coleridge elsewhere in recent weeks, and the material referred to is in the public domain. For those of you who want a bit of background, I have written about the Marriage Foundation before here and here. At launch time I scoured the Marriage Foundation ...
From: Cambridge Family Law Practice: CFLP is committed to offering clients a range of processes to help them work out arrangements for the family after separation, divorce or civil partnership dissolution. Like most family law firms, the bulk of our work is negotiation and litigation, and our strong mediation practice is growing steadily. One area of our service that we’re particularly passionate about is promoting the use of collaborative law where circumstances are appropriate; but like other firms, we’re finding recently that clients are more reluctant than they used to be to investigate this avenue. For those who aren’t aware, collaborative family ...
From: Divorce Discourse: You’re busy. You’ve got clients calling at all hours and deadlines you’ve got to meet. You’re also reading articles here and on other sites about the importance of social media. You feel pressure to get involved with Facebook and Twitter. You’ve got a teenager who understands social media (and not much else as far as you can tell). Why not hire your kid to do the social media for you? It’s very [...]
From: Louise Restell: Quality Solicitors: Extramarital affairs are no longer the main reason for divorce. The research that found this out suggests unfaithful celebrities have made infidelity more acceptable and so the most common reason couples now give is that they have ‘fallen out of love’ and ‘grown apart’. Based on no research whatsoever, I think another major reason is probably because nobody has the time for an affair. I would be surprised, however, if there [...]
From: Colin Mitchell ~ Poole Family Law: The advent of ABS’s and the current development in the Family Justice System provide a ripe environment for change in the world of family law. From my experience, the consumer almost always 3 key questions: 1. What will be the outcome? 2. How long will it take? 3. How much will it cost? Whilst some aspects of family law process and proceedure have been relatively easy to predict, [...]
From: Lucy Reed: Excessive Verbosity Warning. Do not go past this point unless you have at least two packs of kendall mint cake and a powerade about your person. This weekend I listened to Coleridge J talk about his Marriage Foundation at the FLBA Cumberland Lodge weekend. Although Chatham House Rules apply to that event much of what was said has been widely and publicly aired by Coleridge elsewhere in recent weeks, and the material referred to is in [...]
From: Cambridge Family Law Practice: CFLP is committed to offering clients a range of processes to help them work out arrangements for the family after separation, divorce or civil partnership dissolution. Like most family law firms, the bulk of our work is negotiation and litigation, and our strong mediation practice is growing steadily. One area of our service that we’re particularly passionate about is promoting the use of collaborative law where circumstances are appropriate; but [...]
From: Researching Reform: Here at Researching Reform we make no bones about the fact that we disagree with judges taking up mantles under the guise of charitable foundations to push their own agendas and it seems as if The Marriage Foundation, set up by high court judge Sir Paul Coleridge is now facing an enquiry after complaints were made to the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC). It was a foundation without, well, foundation. We cannot [...]
From: B-Legal Ltd: To be honest collaborative law has been around now for at nearly 10 years now so whilst not technically “new” I’m aware that the public, as a whole, are still unaware of its existence. In some ways it may not matter because whether you negotiate, mediate, litigate or collaborate the end goal is the same for clients: they just want to get through the Divorce process as quickly (and cheaply) as possible. [...]
From: Steve Kirwan: Just come back from attending the Conscious Client Conference with the catchy title of Winning More Business. Very well attended. Held, as last year, at the lovely Coombe Abbey just outside Coventry. Speakers included the following: Stephen Gold of SG Consultancy on rainmaking. He described this as really hard but more important than the technical legal work and encouraged us to think in terms of sales rather than business development. Be honest. [...]
From: Family Law in Partnership: A few months ago several leading family and divorce solicitors includingJames Pirrie and Bradley Williams of Family Law in Partnership, trained and qualified as the first intake of family law arbitrators in England and Wales. Since then James Pirrie has conducted what is thought to be the first family arbitration in England and Wales. Family Law in Partnership produced a booklet explaining the arbitration process. You can read it here. Arbitration has many advantages [...]
From: The Ancillary Actuary: Public sector pensions have been in the news a lot recently. Strangely we have not seen any coverage of a problem faced by some military ex-wives (and civil partners?). Historically, the Armed Forces Pension Schemes presented something of a challenge on divorce or dissolution. Serving members of the armed forces can leave and take an immediate pension from 55 if they meet the service criteria. If a member leaves service before [...]
From: Divorce Support Group: I was interested to read that there are now plans to introduce legislation to promote a child’s ongoing relationship with both parents. We all know that what that really means is legislation to register that the father’s relationship is just as important as the mother’s relationship with their children. Not so long ago, there was a huge furore, rightly so, by father’s rights groups because the Family Justice Review didn’t think spelling [...]
From: Christina McGhee: When discipline differences between divorced parents rear their ugly head, even the most amiable co-parents can begin to feel edgy and frustrated. Navigating issues such as what’s an appropriate bedtime for 5-year-old Rebecca, to at what age should Charlie get a cell phone can easily put parents at odds with one another. As divorce coach the topic of managing different parenting styles comes up often. Parents want to know “How can I [...]
From: Raydens Solicitors: The issue of maintenance or periodical payments is common in most cases. It can often prove to be highly contentious as it results in an ongoing a financial connection between parties. However, it is an issue that many will need to consider in divorce proceedings. It is usual for one party to require on-going financial support, particularly where there are children. Given the contentious nature of this issue, many cases reach court [...]
FamilyArbitrator has been devised by former High Court Judge Sir Peter Singer and barristers Gavin Smith and Rhys Taylor, all experienced family lawyers and now also qualified as arbitrators in family finance cases.
The website contains a wealth of information describing how family arbitration works, including a procedural summary, an introduction to the Arbitration Act 1996 and annotations to the IFLA rules.
It aims to make family arbitration accessible to anyone considering this form of private dispute resolution service. Join the FamilyArbitrator discussion on LinkedIn.
